祈雨

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Chinese

implore; pray; please rain
trad. (祈雨)
simp. #(祈雨)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial () (30) (35)
Final () (20) (24)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter gj+j hjuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɡɨi/ /ɦɨoX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɡɨi/ /ɦioX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɡiəi/ /ɣioX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/gɨj/ /ɦuə̆X/
Li
Rong
/ɡiəi/ /ɣioX/
Wang
Li
/ɡĭəi/ /ɣĭuX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ge̯i/ /i̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
kei4 jyu5

Verb

祈雨

  1. to pray for rain

Synonyms

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

祈雨 (giu) (hangeul 기우)

  1. hanja form? of 기우